Æthelwold (bishop of Lindisfarne)
Appearance
Æthelwold of Lindisfarne | |
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Bishop of Lindisfarne | |
Appointed | 721 |
Term ended | 740 |
Predecessor | Eadfrith |
Successor | Cynewulf |
Personal details | |
Died | 740 |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | February 12 |
Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (died 740) (also spelled Aethelwald, Ethelwold, etc.) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 721 until 740.[1]
Æthelwold contributed to the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels: he took the raw manuscripts that his predecessor Eadfrith had prepared and had Billfrith bind them so that they could be read easily.[2] He is the last Bishop of Lindisfarne to have been revered as a saint. He is often mistaken with his near contemporary, Æthelwold of Farne.
Citations
- ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238
- ^ Patron Saints Index accessed on August 29, 2007
References
- Patron Saints Index accessed on August 29, 2007
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961